gilroy, moderate rain, and you can see the plume of moisture that will have to make its way in here overnight. this is the actual storm system. most of the energy, the latest forecast models are suggesting will stay a little to the south of the bay area. that's not to say we're not going to get the heavy rain and also the strong winds out of this. just looks like the brunt of the storm will pass a little to the south of us. we do have a wind advisory up for the bay area, beginning at 9:00 tonight. you can expect gusts close to 45 miles-per-hour, but it's going to be santa cruz, monterey bay, that's where the strongest winds will be. high-wind warning in effect there with gusts close to 60 miles-per-hour and that begins at 9:00. we'll take a another look at the storm coming up. >> alan: the bay area saw a combination of hail, wind, and

high surf. we're in pacifica with more. >> reporter: got some crazy weather. we're here at pacifica near the pier. it started to rain heavily a couple minutes ago. there's a high surf advisefully effect right now until 9:00 tonight. we're expecting waves anywhere from 14 to 17 feet, and people are being warned to stay away from the ocean's edge because they could be washed into the ocean by a rogue wave. now let's look and see what the weather system has done the rest of the bay area today. >> this is pea-sized heal falling in santa cruz this morning. this is the racket it makes hitting the roof and deck there was justify hail for children to play in and build a small mountain. in oakland, heavy rains caused a small slide that closed one lane of park boulevard it only caused a smowl traffic delay in mill valley, sandbags are being used

to keep water out of businesses. while the russian river is nowhere near flood stage, its brown color shows the amount of silt come due to the heavy rain. there's a high wind advisory from 9:00 p.m. until 8:00 tomorrow morning. that's a warning to people who are driving high profile vehicles like trucks and campers. that can be very dangerous on the road. so, people are advised to stay off the roads. reporting live in pacifica, abc-7 news. >> alan: snow fell at elevations as low as 2500 feet today in the sierra foot hills of masser insure placer county. traffic is moving slow after a chain reaction crash closed the highway patrol to close the westbound lanes.

the wreck involved nearly 40 vehicles, including 50 big rigs, in chains are required on the freeway but that will change as the snow moves in. this is interstate 80, and here's the entrance of squaw valley. a lot of snow up there but the roads are still clear. >> many have been sending in your pictures of the storm to ureport powered by youtube, and we received photos of hail in redwood city. this video was shot at santa rosa around 8:00 this morning, where a dusting of hail landed. now, if you would like to share your pictures and videos with us over the weekend weather, upload them at ureport@kgo-tv.com

or e-mail. the coast guard called off a search tonight for a missing kayaker last seen somewhere near china beach in san rafael. the kayaker was one of seven who left from horseshoe cove this morning. the coast guard is looking between the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> a south san jose neighborhood has been given the all-clear after a noxious chemical release. lisa amin gulezian is live in the neighborhood. we hear people were stuck indoors for hours. lease less that's very true. the warning went out to those around the water treatment plant after a worker noticees a massive tank that holds ammonia was leaking. >> the leak is not getting worse. >> hazmat teams confirmed, 250 gallons of ammonia leaked out of the tank and into an outer containment area which is

like a cement wall built around the tank. none of the ammonia leaked out of the containment area. since this facility is currently closed for con instruction, no water is being filtered, and the ammonia is currently not in use. still, at around 11:30 this morning, san jose police went door-to-door knocking on roughly 40 residents' doors, warning them about the leak and possible amope ya exposure. everyone was told to stay inside, and an emergency operations center, or eoc, came in and officials took over. >> inhaling a large amount of ammonia and having that exposure can cause your medical problems to get worse, can cause other types of medical problems such as bronco spasms, having difficulty breathing. >> when you see this in operation, i am concerned, normally a flood call or some other emergency, but

occasionally we do have activations from the water treatment plants, and we are -- our safety protocols really have served us well. >> the warning to stay inside with doors and windows shut was lifted this afternoon. authorities say they never received any 9-1-1 calls from anyone needing help as a result of this ammonia leak. the cause of this leak is still under investigation, and water district officials do tell me there's never any exposure to the drinking water. that's because, again, this plant is currently knopp -- nonoperational. abc-7 news. >> alan: up next, the u.s. and its allies pound libyan forces. what asserted out as -- started out as a no flyson has expanded. and japan's attempt to control problems at the nuclear reactor, problems at the nuclear reactor, and where

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>> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: the united states and its allies have officially entered the conflict in libya. 112 tomahawk cruise missiles are

lighting up the rbian -- libyan coast. >> the u.s. tomahawk missiles are on the antiaircraft systems in tripoli and other towns. >> we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people there will be no mercy. >> this video of a libyan war plane shot down by rebels is a preview of what's to come. president obama warned the libyan dictator, moammar gadhafi, over scenes like this, civilians are taking cash advertise as gadhafi forces retake ground lost to rebel fighters. >> the united states will contribute our unique capables at the front end of the mission to protect libyan civilians. >> foreign air forces are expected to carry out many of

the attacks. these danish f-16 fighter jets have arrived. >> we created a rollback campaign of the will bean air defenses. >> the no-fly zone is not in effect yet. >> creating the conditions to set up the no-fly zone. >> while the u.s. is leading the front end of the attack, president obama wants america to be seen as part of a coalition. he used the words coalition and international five times each in a speech today. >> alan: japanese officials believe the crisis at the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant appears to be stable yiegz but they point out it is far from resolved. crews have doused the overheated reactor with uranium full fuel with a steady stream of water. americans are heading home from japan. >> i'm close enough to the power plant where i thought i was far

enough away. when they said 80, and i fell right into that zone. so i didn't choose stay. >> alan: traces of radiation have been found in milk and spinach from farms within 70 miles of the plant. but health officials say they pose no threat. and uc berkeley is gather signs of radioactivity at its department. trace amounts of radioactive iodine and other chemicals were reported. the elements do not naturally occur and are assumed to have originated from the talk -- fukushima site. >> cleanup crews stayed on shore after the storm churned up the waters in santa cruz harbor, eight days after the tsunami from japan sank 14 boats and

damaged others. officials estimate the tsunami caused $25 million worth of damage. the next storm front is on its way. when will it hit and where? meteorologist leigh glaser knows. she is coming up. >> mike: march madness continues, third-round action for the men and first round for the women.

>> alan: we have some pictures of the hail that came down, sent in by abc viewers. jeff sent us this one showing a hail-covered intersection in albany. there's washington avenue in richmond. might need to chain up just to get down the street. this is a backyard in albany, covered with a fresh coating of hail. all this video is the kind of stuff that fires if a meteorologist like leigh glaser. did you get in? >> leigh: thunder and lightning last night. the storm system already making inroads towards the bay area. we are already so saturated, you

couple in rain, wind, and we could be look smooth big problems on down the road tonight with the possibility of trees down and power outages. so keep that in mind this evening. you can get a sense that this is really moving in from santa cruz and moving north and gilroy, los gatos, and this is just the start of that -- what we like to call almost a train of moisture that extends well out into the pacific. so we look for increasing rain and wind overnight. showers and isolated thunderstorms will be with us off and on sunday, and then it does look like next week another wet one. look at the storm system. you can see the comma-shaped cloud. the closer this is -- the tighter it is, rather, the stronger the storm. so it's wound up rather tight. just in the last few frames, notice that the cull core of -- actual core of the storm is

moving to the south of san jose, and this is where most of the heavy rain and winds will be and that's why the high-wind warning is in effect mainly for santa cruz and points south. the rest of the bay area, we're under the wind advisory beginning at 9:00 tonight. we have close to 45 miles-per-hour. 7:00 tonight that rain continues to feed in. here's the back edge of the front at 11:00. things start to get interesting. this is going to be a fast mover. and from san jose points southward, that's where the heaviest rain will be through the course of the overnight hours. by 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, the front moves through and we continue with scattered showers, and cooler air and that could trigger a few isolated storms. flash-vlad watch begins tonight at 11:00 for the santa cruz yeah, down towards monterey bay. that obviously where the heaviest rainfall will be.

we're looking at the possibility of four to five inches. elsewhere, one, one and a half, possibly two muchs of rain across the rest of the bay area, close to three inches in extreme north bay areas in the sierra, already picked up 16 inches of snow last night. expecting one to two additional feet above the 7,000-foot level so the winter storm warning is in effect until 11:00 tomorrow evening, and the bulk of the rain overnight tonight and the wind overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning, by tomorrow afternoon, still see scattered showers and may see sun breaks as well, and temperatures pretty much uniform in the mid-to-upper 50s. tomorrow afternoon, spring arrives so we'll look for more spring showers for us as we head into monday. could be heavy at times. we gate brief respite on tuesday, and then another large

storm moves in wednesday and thursday, with rain, heavy at times. >> alan: doesn't look like we're going to see the sun much. the only local team in the ncaa tournament. >> mike: the always local team. we tip off with the women, stanford. the cop gun in the west. hosting uc davis. it's always march madness with the stanford band, and the aggies came to play. uc davis out to the lead. but stanford would get going. then ogwumike. watch this nice spin move. pretty. gentlemannet nolan,pack 15 player of -- tack 10 -- pac-10 player of the year. then lindsey, she had 14. stanford up 45.

then condoleezza rice approves. stanford is moving on after the victory. they face st. john's. a 55-50 winner over texas tech earlier today at maples. now, male mad. in ucla facing florida. rematch of the 2006 ncaa title game in which florida won. ucla and john wooden put this torment -- tournament on the map. bruins in transition. game tied at 39. later in the half, irving walker, the circumstance -- circumstance -- circus shot while falling down. then walk for three and that would be the dagger. florida marches on to the sweet 16 with a 73-65 vibe. >> to the east, vuk and west virginia. the mountain years ended the first half on an 8-0 run.

brown gets the roll on the three. west virginia up eight at the half. but the wildcats claw back. great ball movement. knight to jones. throws it down. game now tied. then jones, kicks it out to miller. he gets the triple. puts kentucky up five. the wildcats survive, 71-63. they're moving on. >> the southwest region, richmond defeats moorehead state, and in the west, san diego state survived in double-overtime over temple. moves on. in the southeast, in the second butler and pittsburgh, tied at 70, and byu and gonzaga. still underway, 56-4 # that -- 56-4 # that score. >> brian wilson has been sidelined with a mild strain of his left oblique muscle and oblique injuries can linger. he hurt it thursday against the angels. had an mri and will be

re-evaluated on monday. g-men facing the royals today in scottsdale, barry zito on the hill. got help from the defense. sandoval with that line drive. quicker with the lighter wait. bottom two, cody ross, postseason form. his third homer of the spring and the giants are on top in the fourth, buster, has liftoff. that one is leaving the yard as well. giants win their 18th game of the spring, 3-1 the final. >> over to phoenix, a's and white sox, trevor cahill making his case to be an opening, day starter. went 6-1/3. ryan sweeney is batting .5 33 this spring. a's win that one big, 8-3. to golf, third round play of the transitions championship in tampa bay. scott stalling, pga tour rookie. check out the shot.

par-3 8th. the 6 iron. i think he got the right club. ace! 566. 11-under, two off the lead. take me to your leader. that would be justin ross. -- justin rose. his approach on 18. shoots a 65, one stroke lead into sunday. >> tennis. indian wells, djokovic and federer. federer takes the second in the third, djokovic, the big forehand winner, beats federer for the third straight time, knocks him out of the number two spot. >> the guys and girls won their games at arco arena. the earthquake have they're season opener. >> alan: coming up, why tonight's full noon is so rare.

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>> alan: you may not be able to get a good look at the full moisture to an -- at the full moon. it's making its closest approach to the earth in 18 years. scientist say it could cause abnormally high tides. hope you can see it. that's it for us at 6:00. thanks for joining us. we'll be back at 11:00. good night. captioned by closed captioning services inc.

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